Written by Don Byrd On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear the appeal in a trio of cases questioning the proper interpretation of the exemption for houses of worship from the federal law (ERISA) regulating employer-based retirement plans....

Written by Don Byrd Following weeks of controversy and criticism, California State Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) has dropped a key provision from proposed legislation that would have removed exemptions from anti-discrimination laws for religious colleges and...

Written by Don Byrd The U.S. House yesterday sent a measure to the Senate that would expand the religious exemption in the Affordable Care Act’s individual coverage mandate. As currently written, the ACA exempts any individual that is a “member of a...

Written by Don Byrd A federal judge yesterday ruled that the Northern Arapaho Tribe in Wyoming may not kill eagles on the reservation they share with the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, despite an exemption granted by the US Fish and Wildlife Agency. Because the Shoshone...

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The Baptist Joint Committee's mission is to defend and extend God-given religious liberty for all, furthering the Baptist heritage that champions the principle that religion must be freely exercised, neither advanced nor inhibited by government.

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